Surrounded by state forest
Living surrounded by state forest land sounds wonderful to many. Nobody can live on it next to you, so that is one good thing about it. Of course, you never know if NY will decide to sell it for extra money, since they are always over their budget. Yet NY taxes have a reputation of their own! Or they could allow the gas companies drill for gas to make the money from the Marcellus Shale. Many residents have jumped on the band wagon to make the money without much regard for the beautiful NY land or water supply.
Thousands of acres of state forest
It's no wonder that people like to come out to the state land to drink and party. Nobody to call and complain about the noise or the rowdy drunk drivers. They love to spin their tires and drive like complete idiots. So they must be drunk, right?
Four wheelers come almost always on Friday night. Spinning their wheels, cutting donuts and revving their motors. Did any of these people notice the price of gasoline has gone up? Or don't they care?
The Fingerlakes Trail lean-to at Ludlow Creek
Then you have the people who like to shoot their guns at night down by the bridge or the lean-to. Now my first thought is, "Do they know there is a house here? With people living in it? That we have horses out here too? Do they care?" If I call the police, the NY state police that is. They won't come out here until hours after I have called. The reason? My thought is that are afraid to come out here. The last time, I called, last year, someone was shooting constantly by the bridge. The sheriff drove right by our house and never stopped to talk to us. Fine, maybe he didn't want them to know we called. But he never even slowed up by the bridge either! Chicken! Next time, I guess we will handle it ourselves.
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Copyright © 2011 Kathleen G. Lupole
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6 comments:
very nice post today..loved your pics. Getting ready to write a sermon and those pics of the wonder of the universe inspired me.
thanks.
Your post has me curious Kat. Do you live inside the state park? I read that you are surrounded by state park....do you own your property?
I am not sure how that works here in Canada....
Beautiful pictures!
It would freak me out to have people shooting next to my house with my children out playing all the time! I would be a basket case!
Our neighbors kids used to ride their four wheelers day and night. But they are all grown up now and it has been quiet here for a few years. Of course, their favorite time of the day to ride was at nap time...up and down their driveway, which is right outside my kids bedroom window! That used to drive me crazy!
Annie, we are surrounded by NY State Forest which is not the same as state parks. The state forest has trails for snowmobiling, cross country snow skiing,hiking, walking, camping, etc. Four wheelers are not allowed, even though they do go on it. We own our property, as do the many hunting camps scattered along our roads. NY has thousands of acres of state forest through out our state in all areas. Open to the public for free.
Kat, I would freak having drunk drivers and shootings close to me. Once again I see that you life a life which provides not only challenges at the homestead itself. Loved the cat pic on Wednesday. Zoe has written today's blogpost...
Paula, it is not too often, but I am wary of the party people since they are under the influence and who knows what they might do? The hunters, well I grew up in a family of hunters so I am pretty well comfortable with guns and gunshot, but careful! Especially don't want my little girls shot!! Lost one sweet cat to them when we first moved here.
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